In the main factory of carmaker Opel, there is not currently enough to do. Because layoffs are contractually excluded, the group uses short-time work in the factory in Rüsselsheim.
Opel’s main plant in Rüsselsheim
The car maker Opel sweeps in its main factory in Rüsselsheim for a period of six months, the late shift. In consultation with the works Council, the company has shown in the case of the employment Agency of short-time work for the majority of the approximately 2600 employees of the production plant, such as an Opel spokesman said on Tuesday. First Handelsblatt “and” Wirtschaftswoche had reported on the incision.
The workers for the time not worked short-time work benefits as wage replacement performance, as well as a Supplement of Opel. The development of the centre and other key units of the car manufacturer are not affected.
The Zafira Life will be built in England and is based on the PSA platform. He replaces the Zafira, which was built in the proboscis of a home based on a GM platform.
“This step serves to create a socially responsible bridge solution,” the company said. Bridged the time in which it is not, the factory has enough work to be. In the summer the production of the family wagon Zafira has expired, and the sales of the sedan Insignia is weakening.
Waiting for the Astra
Only in the year 2021, a second model comes with the compact car Astra to Opel’s main plant and will this secure a sustainable manner. Until then, the employees should be kept in the company.
Opel since August of 2017, the French car maker PSA, the brands such as Peugeot and Citroen belong to. In the course of the Takeover operation were excluded conditional dismissals at the German locations until the summer of 2023.
Opel-mother’s PSA had announced in June, the relocation of the Astra production from Poland to Rüsselsheim. “With the investment in the construction of the next Opel Astra, starting in 2021, the future of the work is secured in the long term,” said Opel.
bea/fab (dpa, afp)